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Satan in Goray
Bashevis Singer
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Description for Satan in Goray
paperback. In the little town of Goray, laid waste by murder and famine, grief becomes joy as good news arrives of the second coming of the Messiah. Once the town's pious rabbi is usurped, the townspeople are free to look forward to the End of Days, when they will wear golden jackets and dine on marzipan candy. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 16. Weight in Grams: 150.
The pogrom that swept through Poland was interpreted as a sign of the Coming of the Lord. In the little town of Goray, laid waste by murder and famine, grief becomes joy as good news arrives of the second coming of the Messiah. Once the town’s pious rabbi is usurped, the townspeople are free to look forward to the End of Days, when they will wear golden jackets and dine on marzipan candy. But such perilously high hopes pave the way to hysteria, and a panic which could threaten the very existence of Goray.
The pogrom that swept through Poland was interpreted as a sign of the Coming of the Lord. In the little town of Goray, laid waste by murder and famine, grief becomes joy as good news arrives of the second coming of the Messiah. Once the town’s pious rabbi is usurped, the townspeople are free to look forward to the End of Days, when they will wear golden jackets and dine on marzipan candy. But such perilously high hopes pave the way to hysteria, and a panic which could threaten the very existence of Goray.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099285472
SKU
9780099285472
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About Bashevis Singer
Isaac Bashevis Singer was born in 1904, in Poland, the son of a rabbi. Fleeing fascism in 1935, he emigrated to America, penniless and knowing little English. 'I think that the whole of human history is one big Holocaust,' he said in 1987, when asked why there was no direct mention of the Holocaust in his fiction. 'It is not ... Read more
Reviews for Satan in Goray
A gripping parable of reason versus revelation, hysteria in the face of apocalypse
Guardian
Whatever religion his writing inhabits, it is blazing with life and actuality
Ted Hughes
New York Review of Books
Singer set scenes with such vividness that there is almost a smell to his books, the smell of poverty and guttering candles ... Read more
Guardian
Whatever religion his writing inhabits, it is blazing with life and actuality
Ted Hughes
New York Review of Books
Singer set scenes with such vividness that there is almost a smell to his books, the smell of poverty and guttering candles ... Read more